Nipple Angiofibromas with Loss of TSC2 Are Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: thomas.darling@usuhs.edu.

Comparative Study

Neera Nathan et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;136(2):535-538.

doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2015.11.015. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

¹ Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: thomas.darling@usuhs.edu.

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